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Re: Paul George Ridiculos 360 Reverse between the legs in china

PG's favorite player is Kobe Bryant, not Lebron. And I think the relationship he has with Bron' is a good thing. In most cases, a superstar like Lebron is only taking a younger player "under his wing" if they feel they have the potential to be pretty good. Hopefully PG took the opportunity to workout with Lebron, and see the hardwork and dedication it takes to be good.

It can also serve to be a HUGE confidence booster hanging with the King... I like it...

Is my memory serving me right that Danny was hanging with superstars a little bit at similar events right before he blew up? Or maybe I'm thinking of JO?

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Re: Paul George Ridiculos 360 Reverse between the legs in china

That dunk is way more insane than it appears at first glance. I'm not sure i've seen anyone else do the reverse 360 between the legs before. George isn't as graceful as some of the all-time great dunkers, he doesn't "float" since he is so tall and so long, but that Dunk would be a perfect 10 in pretty much any dunk contest and would win most of them.

The exposure is great too, I wouldn't worry about James influencing him, I actually like that he's hanging around players that have won it all, and we will have the resources to easily resign him once his rookie deal is up anyways. JO and Danny and Reggie always hung/hang out with superstar players too. Associating with the best drives a player to strive to be the best.

I think George will have a huge season next year. Our offense, at least among our starters is arguably the most balanced in the NBA, and we don't play anyone major minutes, so he may not score as much as he's capable of, but I could see a 14-15 ppg 7-7.5 rpg 3-3.5 apg 2 steals .7-1 block per game season out of him, which would be more than satisfactory given the balance of our team.

George is already an easily above average starting 2 guard at the age of 22.

9th in PER
2nd in Rebounding Rate
3rd in Steals per game
5th in blocks per game
Plus even though he has a few weaknesses (chasing shooters around screens) I think we can agree that he's a well above average defender, even this early in his career.

on above average efficiency.

He and Hibbert need to keep developing if we're ever going to beat Miami, and hopefully they can. I think they will, and we'll be substantially improved next season, even if not enough to dethrone the king and his minions.

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Re: Paul George Ridiculos 360 Reverse between the legs in china

I'll be honest, when PG does these combo move dunks, I don't really get wowed. I watch them and understand that there's like maybe 30 people on the planet that can do it, but they just don't look graceful and theatrical, I don't know what to call it. That was his problem in the dunk contest, he got too showy and all that, just jump a billion feet in the air, put it between your legs, and hammer it. He can do that in his sleep. Doing a 360 between the legs is much, much harder, but it's just not as pretty. Watch the stuff Vince Carter did. It's "simple" but it's glorious to watch.